Description

The purpose of this subgrant opportunity is to improve the identification, enrollment, attendance, and success in school of homeless children and youth. LEAs will use funds to focus on enhanced identification and delivery of services to homeless children and youth by establishing policies and procedures, developing communication tools and resources, and collaborating and coordinating services and training on best practices with internal and external agencies and organizations. The targeted activities for this subgrant are listed on pages 4–5 of the application instructions.

Program Office

Federal and State Accountability

Eligible Applicants

All South Carolina LEAs that do not currently have a McKinney-Vento competitive subgrant are eligible to apply for this non-competitive subgrant. See page 27 of the application instructions for a list of the 62 eligible LEAs.

Total Funding Available

$500,000

Funding Detail

Each qualifying LEA that submits an approvable application will receive an award of up to $10,000.

Project Term

April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021

Application Due Date

August 1, 2021

Technical Assistance Session

The Office of Federal and State Accountability provided a pre-application technical assistance session on May 24, 2021. Contact Linda Mirabal-Pace at lpace@ed.sc.gov for a link to the recording. 

Contacts

Linda Mirabal-Pace
803-734-6010
lpace@ed.sc.gov

Documents

MV Non-Competitive Application Instructions (DOCX, 844kb - 5/11/21)
Online Application
Budget Narrative Template (XLSX, 16.8kb - 5/11/21)
Timeline of Activities and Measures (DOCX, 17.9kb - 5/11/21

Program Web Page

McKinney-Vento Program